Halter



(No Model.)

C. B. THUMMEL & D. MITCHELL HALTER.

No. 357,643. Patented Feb. 15, 1887 n Fawn Phmuma n hor, Washinglcl n. c.

- -UNITED STATES PATENT Genres.

CHARLES B. THUMMEL AND DANIEL MITCHELL, OF AXTELL, KANSAS.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,643, dated February 15, 1867. Application filed July 26, 1886. Serial No. 209,189. (No model.)

' skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference thereon.

Our invention relates to improvements in combined rope and leather haltersfand its ob- 15 ject is to increase the efficiency of halters of this description, and at the same time diminish the cost of making them.

To this end our invention consists in certain novel features of construction,whi ch are shown in the accompanying drawing, and which will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out. in the claims.

In the drawing .we have shown a perspective View of a halter constructed in accordance with our invention.

In carrying out our invention we employ a leather nose-piece, F, and a leather crownpiece, G, of the usual construction, having the loopsff and g g, respectively, at their ends. The crown-piece G, as shown, has the loop 9 formed separate from the main portion, and connected therewith by a buckle, giso, that the said crownpiece may be adjusted so that the same halter may be used on different horses. The nose-pieceF may, if so desired, be constructed in the same manner. Having provided the nose and head or crown pieces, we next takearope, H, and double or bend it upon itself, forming the loop A and thetwo rope ends I) b. This loop A. forms the end of the bolt,which is constructed byinterweaving the two portions of the rope from the loop A to apoint, B, from which point they diverge, as will be presently more fully referred to. The interweaving of the two portions of the rope consists in slightly separating-the strands of one portion and inserting the other portion through the openings thus formed. The interweavings are formed alternatelye. 9., we separate the strands of one rope portion, b, at the first point of intersection, and at the next intersection, a, separate the strands of the other portion, 11. From the point B the two ropes, or rather portions of the same rope, diverge, passing to the ends of the crown orhead piece G, and through the loops 9 g at the ends thereof. The ropes are inserted through the loops 9 g from the bottom, so as to pass out at the top, and being brought down along the cheeks of the animal intersect or cross them selves just back o or below the loops at the points b b, thereby forming the loops 0. The point-s of intersection b b of these loops are interwoven in the manner before described.

From the foregoing-description it will be seen that we have provided ahalter consisting entirely of the nose-piece, the head-piece, and a single rope. By interweaving the rope, as

shown and described, the use of all additional.

securing and retaining devicessuch as a sleeve along the bolt, or rings or buckles at the loops 0 D-is dispensed with. Thus it will be seen that we have provided a halter which is simple in construction, efficient in operation, and manufactured at a slight cost. Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. A haltcr comprising leather nose and crown pieces, and a single retainingand securing rope doubled on itself and having its two portions interwoven at the several points of intersection, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a halter, of the leather nose and crown pieces having loops at their ends, andthe retaining and securing rope doubled upon itself and having its two portions passed through the loops at the ends of the nose and crown pieces, and intersecting and being interwoven with themselves back of or below the said loops, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein described and shown halter, comprising the leather nose and crown pieces, and the rope H doubled upon itself, forming the loop A, the two portions of the rope being then made to cross each other, and being interwoven at the points of intersection to a point, B, from which they diverge, and are passed through loops at the ends of the nose and crown pieces, and then passed from the nose-piece through the loop A, formed by IO doubling the rope, below which the two portions are interwoven to form the tie portion of the halter, as set forth.

CHARLES E. THUMMEL. DANIEL MITCHELL. lVitnesses:

A. D. DAVIS, H. F. DETWEILER. 

